Supplying pile fabrics with designs.



I. KITSEE.

SUPPLY ING FILE FABRICS WITH DESIGNS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY H. 1916. r

1,253,050. Patented Jan. 8,1918.

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To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, Isrnon Krrsnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new'anduseful Improvements in Supplying Pile Fabrics with Designs, of which the fol-lowing is aspecification.

My invention relates to an. improvement in supplying pile fabrics withdesigns.

Pile fabrics, such for instance as plush goods, are provided with thedesigh by the simple process of cutting or shearing part of the fiberson .the surface of said fabric.

In some cases it is desired to increase the dissim'ilaiity in shade orcolor between the fibers shortened and the fibers not shortened andthis-maybe accomplished with the aid of the tipping process, that is aprocess whereby only the tips of the fibers are brought in contact withthe medium adapted to change the condition of the fiber as to color orshade.

Thisdifl'crence of shade or color may be produced with the aid of ableaching agent,

but I have'found that a very eiiicient mode.

or method to produce the difference in shade or color is, to provide theextreme ends or tips'of the fiber'wit-h the color complementary to thecolor with which the fabric is dyed. This mode needs a furtherexplanation and I therefore will reeite:-'

a. Let us suppose that the fabric is dyed a certain shade of blue, say ablue-violet, through the cutting-in of'the design, the cuttin -in partwill present a darker shade than t e tip of the fibers not shortened andwhen the upper parts of these fibers are provided with a slightcoloration of green, then these tips will present akind of blueeen incontrast to the deep blue-violet o the cuc in part.

6, Let us suppose that the fabric is dyed a deep blue and the tips ofthe unshortened fibers are rovid'ed with a slight coloration of ink, tiivio et, contrasting'beautifully with the blue of the cut-out art; 1

c. Suppose-t e ..fabric is dyed a (aartain shade'of red', thedesigncut-in, and it is required to increase the dissimilaritybe tween theuiishortened and the shortened fibers. If'thetips of the unshortenedfibers are prbvided with a blue-violet, the tips Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed July 14, 1916." serial No. 109,410.

'tips of the fibers.

en the tips will present a blue Patented will assume a pinkish color andwill present I a greater difference than before the .tip-.

ping.

It is the aim of my invention to produce dissimilarity in-sha'de orcolor and to 111118- .trate some forms myinvention may takeI havereference to the accompanying drawmg, in wh1ch: i

Figure 1 is a'vertical, sectional view 'illus trating an improvedway ofap'plyingthe material, adapted to produce this-dissimilarity to the tlpsor upper*parts of the fibers of the .pile fabric. Fig. :2 is a viewsimilar Jam s, 1918i i to Fig. 1 illustrating aimodified form ofapplying material to the fibers.

In Fig. 1, 1 is a reservoir, in whieh isv contained the material 2, tobe applied to the sist of a free flowing liquor or may consist of aninert material suitable as a carrier for the active agent to producetherequired result. This agent may be, as said above, a plain bleachingagent, such as a peroxid'or chlorin, or other suitable bleaching agents,

or, it may consist of a coloring-material, as

mentioned above; 3 is the fabric. Of this, fabric, 4 are the fibers notshortened and 5 the fibers shortened by the'cutting or shearing process,thereby producing a design on the fabric; 6 is an airtight inclosure; apipe communicating with the inner space of the inclosure; 8 is anendless band of any suitable material, such as strong canvas. Thisendless band may be provided with slight corrugations or pins so as tohold always the pile fabric in placeg-f) and 10 are tworollvr's, withthe aid of which theendless band 8 is revolved; 11 are the means to.revolve the roller 9';'12 are the means to collect the material withwhich the fibers are to be tipped and to transfer. the same to the tipsof such fibers; it may, consist if no strong acids are present (asisusually the case in bleaching) of suitablehair brushes, or pieces ofsuitable fibers. but wh'erestrong acids are present, it is last to usean asbestos textile. T have state. above, that the inclosure 6 isairtight, but this inclosure is also provided with perforations inalinement with themeans to tratiiife i the-tipping material to thefabric.

\Vhen in operation the air within theinclosure 6 is partly exhaustedwith tl-r aid of the tube 7 and therefore will tend to pre This materialmay con-- pile fabric from changing its posiu gmg out,

i may be absorbed by the absorbent covering tached nally intended. Withl-and thus be transferred to the fibers when in contact therewith.

\ Instead of this arrangement, the cylinder may be provided with aid ofrollers on the outside with the required tipping-material and thentransfer the same during its revolution to the tips of the fibers.

I have illustrated in these figures the pile oods as already providedwith the design in intaglio, but it is obvious, that this my inventionis also applicable to pile fabric not formally designed at all.

I have also shown the fibers 5 of the pile fabric as beiii gflfree and,uncovered, so as to illustrate the same better, but in actual practiceit is preferred that such parts should be covered so that the same maynot be stained with the tipping fluid.

The general operation of the deviceis as follows The pile fabric isplaced on the endless band in a position so that the upper parts or tipsof the uncut fibers are .just touching the brush or other implement atthe same time that the air is in part exhausted from the compartment6,'so that, that part of the oods and therefore the fibers attfieretoshould alwaysbc, horizontally considered, in one and the same position,neither higher up or lower down as origithe aid of the belt 11 andthrough suitable means'the roller 9 is revolved and therefore theendless band is moved say in the direction of the arrow.

During this movement the upper tips of the .fibersfi will come incontactwith the brushes or other similar implements 12 and the bleaching orcolorin material is then transferred to the tips 0 those fibers.

In Fig. 2 the operation is similar with the exception that instead ofthe brush or similar implement 12 the revolving drum transfers thematerial to the tips of the fibers. In this case it is best td'revolvethe drum in the opposite direction from the moving of the fabric; thedirection of the fabric and the direction of the revolving drum areindicated by the arrows; but it is obvious that the direction of themovement of the drum may be reversed if occasion requires it.

Having now described my invention wind I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 2* 1. In the art of treating colored pilefalr ries the improvement which consists in shortening certain fibersand providing the tips or upper parts of the unshortencd fibers with acolor complementary to the original color of said fiber.

2. In the production of designs for colored pile fabrics the improvementwhich consists in shortening. certain fibers and ill-- creasing thedissimilarity in shade b( tween the shortened and unshortened fibersthrough the tipping of part. of the un shortened fibers with a colorconipiementary to the color of the other fibers.

3. In the art of treating colored pile fabrics the im rovement whichconsists in producing a design on-said fabric by cutting predeterminedfibers and producing a. dissimilarity between the shade of the cutanduncut fibers by tipping the uncut fibers with a color complementary tothe color of the whole fabric.

4. As a new article of manufacture a col ored pile fabric provided onits surface with fibers of different hei hts, the tip of the fibers ofgreater heig t provided with a color complementary to the originalcolor.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

' ISIDOR KITSEE, Witn'essesz F RANGES RUTHERFORD, EDWARD Saunas.

